...mrep 1/week in the surface layers. The outermost layer of skin is considered to be a dead hornined layer, which acts as a filter, and the dose is computed...absorption in tissue per roentgen is a function of the tinsue composition and of the wavelength of the radiation. It ranges between 60 and 100 ergs/gram....

...Roentgen equivalent physical (rep) . Although not an internationally accepted unit, the rep is often a convenient shorthand notation for statements of...radiation not covered by the definition of the roentgen. One represents that dose which produces energy absorption of 93 ergs/g of tissue. The actual energy...

...Roentgen equivalent physical (rep) . Although not an internationally accepted unit, the rep is often a convenient shorthand notation for statements of...radiation not covered by the definition of the roentgen. One represents that dose which produces energy absorption of 93 ergs/g of tissue. The actual energy...

...ergs/gm in fat, and 900 ergs/gm in bone. Roentgen Equivalent, Physical (rep). This is a unit applied to statements of dose of ionizing radiation not covered by the definition of the roentgen. One rep has been defined as the dose that produces an energy absorption of 93 ergs per gram of tissue...